Route 20
	 Part 3
	  Erika

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Route 20
The Town With Gears
Part 3
Erika

I have never known the horizon...

Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

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Erika: Mm...  mm.
	Mmm.
	Stop right there!

Utsuo: Oww!

Erika: That's all for today.

Utsuo: Why?

Erika: It's no fun if we do it all at once.

Utsuo: Then...  when will the next time be?

Erika: Dunno.
	I'll think about it.

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[Erika didn't come to school for the next three days.]
[I spent those three days thinking of nothing but the feel of her lips and breasts.]

Friend: Oh, hey, you got Rocky tickets!

Utsuo: Ah-
	Stop, give that back!

Friend: You're going with a girl, right?  Why else would you buy a double ticket?

Utsuo: Y...  you haven't seen Erika lately, have you?

Friend: Erika?
	I just saw her leaving, cuddled up with Ushiji.
	Suppose they're gettin' it on somewhere?

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Guys: Ah, look at Stallone, he's such an old geezer now.
	(hyahaha)  Man, this is such a joke.

Utsuo: {Damn...}
	(bought that pair ticket for nothing...)

Erika: I told you, you've got the wrong idea.
	Don't be so mad!
	It was just a little joke.

Ushiji: Liar.
	People saw you leaving the science classroom with him.

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Erika: Like I said, it was just a game.
	It was funny.  He would get all red everytime I simply spoke to him.
	He's a little dirtier that you'd think, though.
	First thing he did was grab my boobs.

Ushiji: What?!
	I'm gonna kick his ass.

Erika: Why do you care?  He's just a gloomy little loser.
	C'mere.

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Erika: Utsuo...
	Oh my God.
	I didn't know you were there.

Erika: Kyaa!
	Ouch!

Ushiji: What do you think you're doing?!

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Ushiji: What's wrong?
	C'mon, come and get me.

Utsuo: (Grrr)
	Shit!

Ushiji: Whoopsy.

Erika: Oh, stop it, you two!

Ushiji: Nng!

Utsuo: Dammit!
	You asshole!!

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Erika: K...
	KYAAAAAAAAAA!!  MURDERER!!
	Murderer, murderer, murderer!!

Man: Hurry!
	Call the medics!
	And call the police, too!

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Police: What is it?!
	What's going on?!
	WAIT!!
	Halt!
	Halt or we'll fire!

[I could hear gunshots behind my back.]
[But I was running with all my might.]

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[I knew that I was dead if they caught me.]

Utsuo: (hahh, hahh)(hahh)
	(hahh)

[When I returned home, the police had already surrounded my house.]
[My mother was in hysterics, shrieking and shrieking.]
[I had no place left to go.]

Utsuo: Shit...
	What should I do?
	(ting...)

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TV: And now, the news.
	A scuffle broke out in a Toba sector movie theater today, sending one young man to the hospital with severe stab wounds.
	The other young man who attacked him is currently on the run, 
	and a full investigation has been called to bring him to justice.
	The perpetrator is No. 5 South H.S. sophomore Utsuo Akagi (16)...

Captions: (under photo) Utsuo Akagi (16)
	(larger) Utsuo Aka-

Domenico: Hmph.
	Stupid kids.
	Go on, kill each other.  See if I care.

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TV: Next in the news,
	Repairs of the hole in the Dome wall caused by last week's accident are proceeding well.  A new plasma layer will be finished 
	setting momentarily,
	And the concerns over contamination by outside air seem to be unfounded at the moment.

Utsuo: Please.
	Please start.
	(fwitch)

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Domenico: Who's there?!
	Ugh.
	(beep)(bee-beep)

Officer: Yes, sir?

Domenico: Someone just snuck into the station and made off with a bike.
	It's the kid they were talking about on the news.

Officer: Roger.
	We'll have him followed immediately, sir.

Domenico: Damn ruffian!
	I'll crush him like a bug.

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[There have been walls around me]
[ever since the day I was born.]
[A few hours of riding in any direction will always lead to the wall.]
[But there was no such thing when my grandfather was young.]

Officer: The suspect is heading towards the Enan sector.

Domenico: What?!  What's he going to do?

Officer: I don't know, sir.
	He's going straight towards the damaged area of the wall.

[They say that when people still rode on vehicles powered by oil,]
[they could go anywhere they wanted.]

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